The season is complete, and now it’s time to recognize the winners of the 2016 e-Systems College Football Pool!  First off, congratulations to the overall winner: maestro  maestro finished the season with 2,396 points.  In second place was AUBrian, who scored 2,385 points, and AllySun was third, with 2,378 points.  Congratulations to each of the […]

The regular season is over, the conference champions have been crowned, and now we have made it to the bowl season, and the College Football Playoff.  Here’s a closer look at each of the four teams have been chosen to play for the national championship: #1 Alabama rides their third straight SEC championship and a […]

Conference championship games are still a fairly recent addition to the college football landscape. For a sport with almost 150 years of history, they’ve only been a part of about one-sixth of it.  Nevertheless, they’ve become hugely popular and almost ubiquitous among the FBS conferences. Starting in 2017, the Big Twelve will bring back a […]

The last weekend of the regular season in college football is a weekend like no other in sports. Why? Rivalries. One of the great things about college football is that almost every team has a team it likes to beat more than anyone else on the schedule, and that feels the same way about them. […]

On one sideline, there stood Jim Harbaugh. His top-5 Michigan team was clinging to a lead, but now Iowa had their kicker out to attempt a short field goal for the win, and he could do no more to affect the outcome of the game.  On the other sideline, there was Kirk Ferentz. His Hawkeyes […]

Welcome to November, where the stakes are higher and the games are more important no matter who you play. If you don’t believe me, ask Texas A&M, which had its College Football Playoff hopes derailed in a 35-28 loss at Mississippi State. The Bulldogs jumped out to a 28-7 lead and held on, earning their […]

Many prognosticators predicted that “Road Test Saturday” would bring an end to more than one undefeated season, and they were right; the number of undefeated teams was cut almost in half as a result of four teams taking their first losses in opposing teams’ stadiums. Boise State suffered perhaps the toughest way to drop their […]

Question: how can you possibly win a game win your defense gives up 854 yards of total offense? Answer: when your offense gains 854 yards of their own. That was the scenario played out in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday night.  Oklahoma beat Texas Tech 66-59 in a game that featured a FBS record combined total […]

Facts and stats about each of the AP top 10 teams: #1 Alabama has eleven non-offensive touchdowns this year, which is more than Buffalo and South Carolina have scored on offense. Seven defensive starters have scored at least one non-offensive touchdown. #2 Ohio State is first in the nation in red zone defense.  Opponents have […]

For years, the Big Ten conference had the not-so-subtle nickname “The Big Two and the Little Eight”.  The “Big Two” were conference heavyweights Ohio State and Michigan.  While the Buckeyes (ranked second in this week’s AP Poll) and Wolverines (fourth) are certainly powerhouses again so far this year, they are not alone.  The Big Ten […]